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Background
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Answer
Choose a category below to see sample questions you can ask Assist.
- How to use Procore
- RFIs
- Submittals
- Drawings
- Specifications
- Documents
- Action Plans
- Budget
- Change Events
- Variations & Main Contracts
- Commitments
- Correspondence
- Crew, Timecard and Daywork Sheets
- Site Diary, Snag List, Observations, Photos and Co-ordination Issues
- Payment Applications
- Programme, Tasks and Meetings
How to Use Procore
- How do I create a Submittal package?
- How can I change or reset a password?
- How do I apply markups from a previous revision to a new Drawing revision?
- What does "mark official" do in RFIs?
- How do I publish an RFI in the Drawings tool?
- How do I change permissions for an RFI?
- What is a typical workflow for variations?
- How do I add someone to the Directory?
- How do I grant granular permissions for a project?
RFIs
- How many RFIs have a programme impact?
- How many RFIs are on this job?
- Do we have any RFIs on the elevator sump pit?
- Where is the fire protection RFI?
- What RFI changed window size?
- Please summarise the response to RFI 67.
- How many overdue RFIs are there?
- Which RFIs have cost associated with them?
- Count the number of RFIs created on July 19th.
- How many RFIs are assigned to me?
- Which RFI manager has the most RFIs?
Submittals
- Give me a list of submittals.
- How many and which submittals are overdue and whose court are they in?
- What is the size of the hepa filter for the cleanroom air shower?
- How much attic stock was indicated in the bamboo flooring submittal?
- What is the most recent submittal with shop drawings for electrical work?
- What type of windows are used on our project?
- What is the submittal type for natural gas distribution?
- Which speciality contractor submitted the LED exterior lighting?
- What does the submittal for cable trays indicate about fire rating?
- Are the common area casework shop drawings approved?
- How long of a warranty was indicated in the door hardware submittal?
- Which submittals are in [user name] action required by?
Drawings
- How many large offices are on the third floor in drawing A132?
- Which drawings have markups?
- How many civil drawings are there?
- How many drawings are connected?
- What discipline is the Third Floor - Reflected Ceiling Plan drawing under?
- What is the elevation in the exterior elevation drawing on the south side of level 3?
- What is the ADA mounting height of the changing bed?
- What is the abbreviation for the expansion joint in the general information drawing?
- What is the square footage of the mechanical penthouse?
- What is the drawing number for the third floor dimension plan?
- How many square feet is the women's restroom in drawing a112?
- What is the fire rating for solid wood and glass for door 15?
Specifications
- What is the required insulation thickness for copper pipe in the specifications?
- Which specifications require third-party testing?
- What specs require owners training?
- What are the warranty requirements for the emergency generator?
- Are the maintenance procedures listed for the elevator system in Specifications?
- What product do we need to use to clean the countertops, per the Submittals?
- What is the recommended installation procedure for the carpet?
- Can you show me the roof hatch specification requirements?
- How many shop drawings are we required to submit for review?
Documents
- Who are the subcontractors in the Emergency Room compliance report?
- What is the term of warranty for the final finishes?
- What was the description of the incident that occurred on 1/6/24 in the incident report?
- What is the owner-builder declaration for this project?
- Where is the application for the building permit?
Action Plans
- Which action plans are missing required signatures?
- Who has the most outstanding action plan items?
- Which Action Plans have unfulfilled inspections?
Budget
- What is the amount of budget changes I have on this project?
- What is my budget change amount for concrete?
- What is the original budget for this project?
- How much of the actual quantity has been installed in total?
- Show all the Actual production quantities grouped by UOM?
- Show all the Actual production Quantity created by [user name].
- Which budgeted quantities have been created but do not yet have corresponding actual quantities recorded ?
- Show the trend of budgeted production entries?
Change Events
- What change events are open on this project?
- What are my change events with related costs, quotes and commitments?
- Can you reconcile my main contract variations and my commitment variations?
- What is the variance between by main contract variations and commitment variations?
- What are my unexecuted variations with contract and reviewer details?
- What are my committed costs by vendor on this project?
Variations & Main Contracts
- What are my biggest commitment variations larger than £60k not including markup on this project?
- Which cost codes have been most impacted by CVs?
- How much do I have in variations with [vendor name]?
- Do I have any pending CVs with [vendor name]?
- How many main contracts does this project have
Commitments
- Show me my committed costs.
- How many approved commitments does this project have?
- What is the buyout status of my project?
- What are my concrete commitments?
- What are the committed costs with minority business enterprise vendors?
- What are my commitments over £10,000 with vendor details?
Correspondence
- Which correspondence have cost impact?
- How many Correspondence are assigned to [user name]?
- How many Monthly Progress Reports are assigned to [user name]?
- Which correspondence are closed with official responses?
- Which Correspondence items have been created from RFIs?
Crew, Timecard and Daywork Sheets
- How many crew members are assigned under each crew lead?
- Which crews are currently missing a crew lead?
- Show the number of crews created in the last 30 days along with their lead and member names.
- Show all Timecard entries of employees for July
- List all employees Timecard from this week that are pending and not signed?
- List all Timecards approved by [user name].
- which Employee are assigned to Daywork Sheet Labour?
- What's the total number of Daywork Sheet Materials entries for concrete?
- For each Daywork Sheet, show the linked Daywork subcontractor description missing.
- Are there any Daywork equipment sheets created by [user name]?
Site Diary, Snag List, Observations, Photos and Co-ordination Issues
- How many accidents has [company name] logged this year?
- How many delays have occurred due to quality this year?
- How many site diaries are missing this month?
- What is the total number of foreman workers this week for [company name]?
- How many inspections have been logged for building B?
- How many weather-related incidents have been logged this year?
- How many safety violation logs have been filled in on this project?
- How many Snag Items have not received a response yet?
- Which observation types are most common?
- Give me a breakdown of photos uploaded by user.
- Which location has the most co-ordination issues?
- Which trade has the most open co-ordination issues?
Payment Applications
- What are my main contract payment applications?
- How many main payment applications are approved on this project
- Which pay applications are still pending approval?
- What are my subcontractor payment applications from the last month by budget code?
- What sub payment applications do I have pending approval?
Programme, Tasks and Meetings
- How many tasks on the critical path finished late?
- Which calendar items start this week?
- How many tasks were completed this week?
- How many tasks have been voided?
- How many tasks are assigned to [user name]?
- How many meetings have we had over the course of the project?
- Which attendees have not approved the meeting minutes?
- Which meetings has [company name] missed?
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